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Starting in August of last year, patients ordering medication by mail have had to start paying customs fees on shipments that previously arrived free of charge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
"Buying books can be quite expensive, so if they're going to be getting it for free, that would be something a lot of families can benefit from," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
“The national credit bureaus will activate and deactivate a credit freeze for free upon request. You must contact each bureau separately to freeze your respective credit report.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
For more tips, download the Red Cross’ free mobile emergency app.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
She didn’t have the words to say what she was feeling, and unlike Simon, she wasn’t offered free passes to speak English.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“The freer the flow of world trade, the stronger the tides for human progress and peace among nations.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Under WTO rules developing economies are entitled to preferential treatment that was intended to give them the time and flexibility to adjust to freer trade with more advanced countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Hong Kong," she says, "should be a freer place".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
He felt freer to work when operating outside of the United States.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
The words suddenly pushed themselves out of Joaquin’s lungs, making him feel lighter, freer.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
It struck musicians and illustrators, YouTubers and Instagrammers, self-proclaimed anxious wrecks and the freest of spirits.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
The city has a long history of blending the freest of free markets with a strong social spirit.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF seeks exposure to “the freest emerging markets, because we believe those are the places to find the next big growth stories,” Tolle said.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 17, 2025
Spain today is one of the freest countries in the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
I had embraced their aims with the freest impulse I had ever known.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
That frees up experienced cyber workers to investigate more serious alerts that require professional judgment, he said: “The work doesn’t disappear; it moves up the stack.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"That was really clever," said Milanesi, arguing the arrangement frees Ternus from a role Cook has handled alone for years.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
It frees a student from memorizing all formulas, such as pi to the fourth decimal, but not from knowing whether an answer is right, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Viola Spolin, one of the great acting teachers of the 20th century, put it simply: “being part of the whole generates trust and frees the player for playing, the many then acting as one.”
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
I shouldn’t have taken those frees for granted.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
That, too, may feel inadequate and potentially perilous—would Clancy be freed in just a few years?
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Mason eventually petitioned for her freedom in court and was freed in 1856 along with several members of her family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Dix was a key adviser during the Himalayan rescue effort that successfully freed all 41 Indian workers trapped inside a collapsed under-construction road tunnel in 2023.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Once emergency funding has been freed up, what else is there to do but send thoughts and prayers?
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
But a family of people who were later freed said, “None did more valiant service, both by advice and actual soliciting for funds than their true friend and sympathizer, Paul Jennings.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
This is a practical example of how to save money on taxes while also freeing up funds to bolster your retirement nest egg.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
In Yemen's capital Sanaa, Houthi supporters celebrated the freeing of 210 prisoners held in areas that fell to the group and had spent up to eight years in jail.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Over here on the savory side, I’m equally evangelical about freeing stuffing from Thanksgiving.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Norris also said he suspected the number of extra prison spaces created from freeing up existing space within prisons would be "landing somewhere in the middle" of 200 and 900.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
But the thought of freeing Thanatos made Frank want to curl into the fetal position.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
